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Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on November 17, 2008 at 4:54pm

Hey Georgia Drifter... welcome to the site. Pretty cool to see a Tatman so far from the Willamette Valley. I restored the Cruiser in the garage and then built the drift boat. Cruiser is a 1983 - last year they were available in the U.S.... they only sent 300 over here that year and then discontinued.
Thanks for noticing!!

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Permalink Reply by Randy Dersham on November 20, 2008 at 6:21pm

Glad you found the site. Welcome and enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Neal Dettmering on December 3, 2008 at 10:41am

Just Joined. About to start a drift boat. Been looking for someone from Ga who might know about the local (Ga. Tenn. N.C. ) rivers available/suitable for drift boats. Grew up in Fayette Co. but the Flint never occurred to me. I now live just West of Atlanta. Beautiful boat by the way. Neal

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Permalink Reply by Georgia Drifter on December 3, 2008 at 2:29pm

Hey Neal.

Let me know if you have specific questions and I'll do my best. Are you building from scratch or a kit?

I hang out on www.ngto.org as well as www.itinerantangler.com

Both message boards have info about southern tailwaters......Steve

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Permalink Reply by Neal Dettmering on January 6, 2009 at 6:04am

From scratch. Have finally made enough room in my shop and have the frame lines laid out on a white sheet of plywood. Decided to try a prototype frame on scrap wood while I decide what kind of wood is available and best for frames. Ordering epoxy from Raka. Neal

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Clarke on December 18, 2008 at 3:56pm

Pretty, pretty boat and very nice photos. Being in Wisconsin, I thought I was a long way from the origins of these boats, but you are probably twice as far away from the Cascades as I am.

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